Anthony Davis in detail

Here are the first-half pass sets and some run blocks for Anthony Davis, immensely better than his play against the Colts.

1. win

2. win, 62 helps

3. picks up stunt

4. win

5. win

6. win

7. offsides

8. win

9. win

10. win

11. loss, hit on Smith

12. missed a block on run

13. win

14. win

15. loss to Mitchell, 62 bails him out.

16. win.

-I still don’t understand the call during the second drive with pounding the draw play out of the shotgun formation with rookie runner Anthony Dixon, just after Alex Smith went 5 for 6 on the opening drive. Let Smith continue to throw and continue to get his timing with receivers. Let the offensive line continue to practice pass protection. Why the handoffs to a rookie who might not play much during the regular season. Also, on the Vikings first punt, they were called for having 12 men on the field. The 49ers declined the penalty. Why? They need as many punt returns as humanly possible. That was their weakest area last year and they still haven’t determined who’s going to return for them.

-Two guys who continue to excel are Joe Staley and Michael Robinson. Staley took care of Dwight Freeney in Indy last week and then clamped down Jared Allen yesterday. Robinson obliterated a defender on the opening kickoff and then made a crushing tackle along with Reggie Smith on the first punt return.

–Reggie Smith continues to impress. He came up to lay some wood on the run game, and he had a terrific tackle on wide receiver Bernard Berrian after a quick slant.

–Alex Smith does seem to have greater command, he barked at tight end Nate Byham for being in a wrong spot, which forced Smith to call a timeout.

-Linebacker Matt Wilhelm had an mercurial performance. Sometimes he looks like he’s running in sand and then he makes an athletic deflection on a third-down play.

-Perception can be a tricky business. Smith missed the same pass he did the week before, the dagger route or deep in. Last week, he missed Vernon Davis, who would have scored a touchdown; this time, he threw to a well-covered Ted Ginn Jr. But they were both misses.

-The Vikings were better against the run because they had eight men up far more often than Indy, and they showed a lot of blitz, 46-type fronts.

-Still, Anthony Dixon hesitated way too much, I can see why coaches want him to be more decisive.